• Fair lady, when you see the grace
    Of beauty in your looking-glass;
    A stately forehead, smooth and high,
    And full of princely majesty;
    A sparkling eye no gem so fair,
    Whose lustre dims the Cyprian star;
    A glorious cheek, divinely sweet,
    Wherein both roses kindly meet;
    A cherry lip that would entice
    Even gods to kiss at any...

  • The Day undressed — Herself —

    Her Garter — was of Gold —

    Her Petticoat — of Purple plain —

    Her Dimities — as old


    Exactly — as the World —

    And yet the newest Star —

    Enrolled upon the Hemisphere

    Be wrinkled — much as Her —


    Too near to God — to pray —

    Too near...